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Home My WebLink About06/12/20131 1 minutes city of sa►n tins osispo SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 5:00 P.M. Council Chamber, 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, California ROLL CALL: Council Members Present: Council Members John Ashbaugh, Dan Carpenter, Vice Mayor Kathy Smith, and Mayor Jan Manx City Staff Present: Katie Lichtig, City Manager, Christine Dietrick, City Attorney, Michael Codron, Assistant City Manager, and Maeve Kennedy Grimes, City Clerk, were present at Roll Call. Other staff members presented reports or responded to questions as indicated in the minutes. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Vice Mayor Smith led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS PH1. 2013 PARKING FUND REVIEW – (GRIGSBY / HORCH) Public Works Director Daryl Grigsby, and Parking Services Manager Robert Horch presented the report and responded to Council questions. Mayor Marx opened the public hearing. Public Comments Jane Phillips, San Luis Obispo. She protests the exorbitant increase. Louie Ortega, San Luis Obispo. As a City Resident, he protests the exorbitant increase. - - -end of public comments- 1 Mayor Marx closed the public hearing. city council mectinq minutes Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Page 2 ACTION: Motion by Council Member Ashbaugh / Council Member Carpenter to: 1) Review and accept the 2013 annual Parking Fund Review; 2) Conceptually approve the 2013 -14 Parking Fund budget, with final action on June 17, 2013 with the adoption of the 2013 -15 Financial Plan; Roll Call Vote: 4 - 0 Motion Carried. ACTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Smith / Council Member Ashbaugh to 3) Adopt Resolution No. 10439 (2013 Series) increasing parking citation fines to $388 for disabled parking violations to cover the cost of the County of San Luis Obispo's disabled linkage surcharge; and Roll Call Vote: 4 - 0 Motion Carried. ACTION: Motion by Mayor Marx / Vice Mayor Smith to 4) Adopt Resolution No. 10440 (2013 Series) with a modification to the Resolution so that local residential permits be charged at $10 per permit and 2 permits per household. Roll Call Vote: 4 - 0 Motion Carried. PH2. 2013 TRANSIT FUND REVIEW. – (GRIGSBY / BOCHUM / WEBSTER) Public Works Director Daryl Grigsby, Transit Manager John Webster, and Deputy ' Director of Public Works Timothy Bochum, presented the report and responded to Council questions. Mayor Marx opened the public hearing. No one spoke at this time. Public Comments —end of public comments— Manor Marx closed the public hearing. ACTION: Motion by Council Member Carpenter / Council Member Smith to: 1) Review and accept the 2013 Transit Enterprise Fund Review; 2) Conceptually approve the 2013 -14 Transit Enterprise Fund budget, with final action on June 17, 2013 with the adoption of the 2013 -15 Financial Plan; 3) Authorize the City Manager or her designee to negotiate and approve (consistent with the existing agreement) three one -year contract extensions with First Transit, Inc. to perform operations and maintenance for 2013 -14, 2014 -15, and 2015 -16 FY. Roll Call Vote: 4 – 0 Motion Carried. 1 city council meetinq minutes Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Page 3 1 PH3. 2013 -14 SEWER FUND REVIEW AND 2013 -15 SEWER RATE ADOPTION. – (MATTINGLY / HIX / BLAIR) Utilities Director Carrie Mattingly and Wastewater Division Manager David Hix presented the report and responded to Council questions. Mayor Marx opened the public hearing. Public Comments The following speakers voiced their protest to the proposed Sewer Rate Adoption: Steve Barasch, San Luis Obispo Matt Kokkonen, San Luis Obispo Susanne Link, San Luis Obispo Ruth Holden, San Luis Obispo - Pete Evans, San Luis Obispo Carol McDowell, San Luis Obispo ' Dia Hurd, San Luis Obispo Mike Cueto - --end of public comments— Mayor Marx closed the public hearing. City Clerk, Maeve Kennedy Grimes reviewed the results of the protests received and processed through the Office of the City Clerk, City Attorney's Office and Finance Department. The City Clerk reported on the protests received. As of 5:00 pm on June 12, 2013 the City received 64 protests on the proposed sewer rate increases. Of the sewer protests received, 60 were verified by the Finance Department and 4 were not verified. During the hearing, an additional four written protests were received to the proposed sewer rate increases. Those four protests have not been reviewed to determine whether they count towards the majority protest. In addition to the written protests, you heard from eight speakers here tonight. J city council meetmG minutes Page 4 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 The threshold for a valid rate protest is 50% + 1 or 7,351 customers, and therefore, assuming the remainder of the protests count towards the majority protest count, the 1 threshold has not been met. ACTION: Motion by Council Member Ashbaugh / Vice Mayor Member Smith to: 1) Review and accept the 2013 -14 annual Sewer Fund financial review. 2) Conceptually approve the 2013 -14 Sewer Fund budget, with final action anticipated on June 17, 2013 with the adoption of the 2013 -15 Financial Plan; and 3) Adopt Resolution No. 10441 (2013 Series) increasing sewer service charges by four percent (4 %) effective July 1, 2013 and three percent (3 %) effective July 1, 2014 provided there is no majority protest against such increases. Roll Call Vote: 3 - 1 (Council Member Carpenter opposed). Motion Carried. PH4. 2013 -14 WATER FUND REVIEW AND 2013 -15 WATER RATE ADOPTION. – (MATTINGLY / HORTON / BLAIR) Utilities Director Carrie Mattingly, Water Division Manager Wade Horton and F Resources Director presented the report and responded to Council questions. Mayor Marx opened the public hearing. Public Comments The following speakers voiced their protest to the proposed Water Rate Adoption: Ruth Holden, San Luis Obispo Pete Evans, San Luis Obispo Carol McDowell, Arroyo Grande Gary Stein, San Luis Obispo Steve Barasch, San Luis Obispo Steve Delmartini, San Luis Obispo Matt Kokkonen, San Luis Obispo --end of public comments— Mayor Marx closed the public hearing. JI city council meetmG minutes Page 5 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 City Clerk Maeve Kennedy Grimes reviewed the results of the protests received and processed through the Office of the City Clerk, City Attorney's Office and Finance Department. As of 5:00 pm on June 12, 2013 the City received 266 protests on the proposed water rate structure. Of the total water protests received, 181 were verified by the Finance Department and 85 were not verified. During the hearing, an additional four protests have been received to the proposed sewer rate increases. Those four protests have not been reviewed to determine whether they count towards the majority protest. In addition to the written protests, you heard from seven speakers here tonight. Threshold for a valid rate protest is 50% + 1 or 7,351 customers, and therefore, assuming the remainder of the protests count towards the majority protest count, the threshold has not been met. ACTION: Motion by Vice Mayor Smith / Council Member Ashbaugh to: 1) Review and accept the 2013 -14 annual Water Fund financial review; 2) Conceptually approve the 2013 -14 Water Fund budget, with final action on June 17, 2013 with the adoption of the 2013 -15 Financial Plan; and 3) Adopt 1 Resolution No. 10442 (2013 Series) adopting a new water rate structure and increasing water service charges by seven and one -half percent (7.5 %) effective July 1, 2013 and five and one -half percent (5.5 %) effective July 1, 2014 provided there is no majority protest against such increases and rate structure change. Roll Call Vote: 3 - 1 (Council Member Carpenter opposed). Motion Carried. Adjourned Item from June 11, 2013 The public hearing was held and closed on June 11, 2013. Council did not complete their deliberations and adjourned the item to be continued until June 12, 2013. B1. PRELIMINARY 2013 -15 FINANCIAL PLAN. - (LICHTIG / PADILLA / CODRON / ELKE) Interim Director of Finance & Information Technology Wayne Padilla, Assistant City Manager Codron presented a recap of the item as discussed last evening and responded to Council questions. 1 At the request of Vice Mayor Smith, Chief of Police Gesell and Captain Keith Stornton made a presentation regarding the deployment of Police resources in the downtown. city council meetlnc4 minutes Page 6 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Chief of Police Gesell agreed to provide revised documentation of the information to the Mayor and Council Members. Interim Director of Finance & Information Technology Wayne Padilla, provided a view of a spreadsheet that shows alternatives and will provide copies of the information to the Mayor and Council Members. Mayor Marx re- opened the Public Hearing. Public Comments Paul Brown, San Luis Obispo. Spoke with regard to safety in the downtown core. He feels it is important that we give the new programs a chance and also work with the courts and jails with regard to prosecution of crimes. Matt Kokkonen, San Luis Obispo asked if the downtown businesses pay a high fee towards police service cost recovery. - -end of public comments -- RECOMMENDATION: Review and consider the Preliminary 2013 -15 Financial Plan at the budget workshops and public hearings scheduled for June 10, 11, and 12, 2013, and consider adoption of the budget at the June 17, 2013 City Council meeting (continued to June 25, 2013, if needed). —� Capital Improvement Plan presentation Public Comment and City Council discussion /direction There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Marx adjourned the meeting at 10:10 p.m. Mae Kenn Grim City Clerk APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 07/02/13 1